professor of Java not knowing Groovy or Scala, normal or abnormal

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i went to a prestigeous software conference (as dominant in its own field as MS in general), one main speaker is a professor of computer science who has been teaching Java for 20 years. During question session, he seems never heard of Groovy or Scala....

He is from a decent University in US...

Is Groovy or Scala too new to attract academic attention or is this professor abnormal?

thanks.

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